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When doctors removed the damaged part of meniscus from Derrick Rose’s right knee Friday, did they replace it with extra job security for Tom Thibodeau? Or is that still bone-on-bone, too? The Bulls said the timetable for Rose’s return is 4-6 weeks. That was just for yuks, I believe. Every timetable for Rose has turned out to be just for yuks because Rose always seems to develop his own timetable. Or his “people’’ develop it for him. But whether Rose goes rogue with his rehab again or actually listens to medical experts smarter than his “people,’’ that still puts his return at the end of the regular season, which has caused...

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When doctors removed the damaged part of meniscus from Derrick Rose’s right knee Friday, did they replace it with extra job security for Tom Thibodeau?
Or is that still bone-on-bone, too?
The Bulls said the timetable for Rose’s return is 4-6 weeks....

PORTLAND -- Terry Porter knew Jerome Kersey was special. There was, of course, the talent on the court, but also something more lasting: the "joy and his smile, the way he embraced life."
Kersey died Wednesday night at 52. The state medical...

The Chicago Bulls' odds of winning an NBA title this season have dropped slightly based on some sports betting websites' preseason projections.
MyTopSportsBooks.com gives the Bulls 8-1 odds to win the NBA Finals, down from the...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Jerome Kersey, the versatile small forward who helped the Portland Trail Blazers reach two NBA Finals and won a title with the San Antonio Spurs in 1999, died Wednesday. He was 52.
The Trail Blazers confirmed Wednesday night that...

There was something missing at the Matt Kocher Games on Saturday — nonchalance.One of the Illinois Special Olympics state qualifying tournaments is traditionally held at Richards High School in Oak Lawn and a young man named Matt Kocher of Tinley Park was...

The final result from Cleveland on Monday night: Cavaliers 108, Bulls brain-dead.
And you might want to check their hearts while you’re at it.
That’s six losses in eight games. That’s five straight opponents scoring more than 100 points. That’s two...

Stuart Scott was in his element, working a "Monday Night Football" game, when he was forced to leave for an appendix operation.
Doctors discovered a tumor during surgery and Scott was diagnosed with cancer. But he made a point of continuing...

You Can't Make This Up by Al Michaels with L. Jon Wertheim, William Morrow, 288 pages, $28.99
Nobody has documented more sports history in the past 50 years than Al Michaels. You name it, he's done it: Super Bowls, World Series, Olympics, NBA Finals.
...

To Tyler Christofferson, Jon Lester always will be the Little League teammate who wore his hat backward and No. 24 jersey like hero Ken Griffey Jr. did, the grade-school buddy who matured into a better person than player even though he's a major league...

Images of Michael Jordan, on and off the court, loop in our memory like a collective GIF: How his game-winning shot secured the national title for the University of North Carolina when he was just a freshman. How he transformed the Chicago Bulls into...

There's an enduring image from this summer's FIBA World Cup in Spain of Derrick Rose in a tight, squat defensive stance, picking up his opponent full-court.
Rose didn't clap or hike up his shorts, so this wasn't Michael Jordan and Gary Payton dueling...

That creaking you heard in the wee hours of Wednesday morning was the Cubs’ championship window officially opening. Talk about an overnight sensation. While Chicago slept, left-handed pitcher Jon Lester agreed to a six-year, $155 million contract...

The Mavericks are in town Tuesday night, and most likely so is the owner, Mark Cuban.
$500,000. In 2002, the future "Shark Tank" star was fined a half million when he said he wouldn't hire NBA ref Ed Rush to run a Dairy Queen.
$250,000. The...

(in predicted order of finish)
1. Spurs
2013-14: 62-20.
Coming: Kyle Anderson.
Going: No one of significance.
Despite all of their sustained success, the Spurs have never won back-to-back titles. In fact they never had reached the NBA Finals in...

Ticket prices for LeBron James’s first game back with the Cleveland Cavaliers are selling for an average of $758, the most for a National Basketball Association regular-season game in at least five years.Tickets for Thursday’s game at Quicken Loans...

Can we fast-forward to May?
Because that's all that matters with the Bulls.
Oh, sure, we'll watch the revamped Bulls play their way into contention over the next six months. We'll analyze the health and stamina of Derrick Rose and Joakim Noah. We'll...

Think about it: Pau Gasol hasn't started a training camp with a completely new franchise since before his rookie season with the Grizzlies in 2001.
But think, also, about this: The only previous time he switched teams, getting traded from the Grizzlies...

It’s a new season, but Patrick Kane’s post-home game routine doesn’t seem to have changed.
The Blackhawks’ star dined Saturday at Chicago Cut (as he is known to do after home games) following his team’s win against the Buffalo Sabres at the United...

New media rights deals with Turner and ESPN could bring the NBA as much as a 186 percent revenue increase over its existing broadcasting rights deal, which runs through 2015-16.
"I'm sure both sides will be studying this new deal and seeking to...

After all the angst, all the confusion, all the outrage over the new rule designed to make collisions at home plate extinct, baseball officials responded Tuesday with one little change.
"If a runner is out by 30 feet," Angels General Manager...